single game tickets go on sale 2/20

[cubbinalltheway]

thought others would like to know this. can someone refresh my memory of the wrist band system?

[Cynosure]

I have done this a few years in a row:

 

They will announce the days to go and get wrsit bands. You must go to Wrigley with photo ID and the card you are going to use to purchase tickets. They will get you all logged in and then pick a random wrist band out of a huge garbage can and that will have your number on it.

 

On the morning tickets go on sale... I believe The Score announces the starting number and then they take that number + the next 1000 numbers I believe to go first.

[Derwood]

someone PM Mizzou

[cubbinalltheway]

I have done this a few years in a row:

 

They will announce the days to go and get wrsit bands. You must go to Wrigley with photo ID and the card you are going to use to purchase tickets. They will get you all logged in and then pick a random wrist band out of a huge garbage can and that will have your number on it.

 

On the morning tickets go on sale... I believe The Score announces the starting number and then they take that number + the next 1000 numbers I believe to go first.

so the day that you get your wrist band isnt the same day that you buy tickets? that's the part i couldn't remember.

[Cynosure]

I have done this a few years in a row:

 

They will announce the days to go and get wrsit bands. You must go to Wrigley with photo ID and the card you are going to use to purchase tickets. They will get you all logged in and then pick a random wrist band out of a huge garbage can and that will have your number on it.

 

On the morning tickets go on sale... I believe The Score announces the starting number and then they take that number + the next 1000 numbers I believe to go first.

so the day that you get your wrist band isnt the same day that you buy tickets? that's the part i couldn't remember.

 

Nah usually you'll be able to go to Wrigley like the Weds, Thurs, Fri before the Saturday that tickets go on sale... or whatever day it happens to be.

[FearTheBako]

I have done this a few years in a row:

 

They will announce the days to go and get wrsit bands. You must go to Wrigley with photo ID and the card you are going to use to purchase tickets. They will get you all logged in and then pick a random wrist band out of a huge garbage can and that will have your number on it.

 

On the morning tickets go on sale... I believe The Score announces the starting number and then they take that number + the next 1000 numbers I believe to go first.

so the day that you get your wrist band isnt the same day that you buy tickets? that's the part i couldn't remember.

 

Unless they are making changes to the system, wristbands will be given out on the 18th and 19th pretty much all day long. At around 6 am CT on Friday the 20th, they will pull the number and start from there, usually asking for the first couple hundred within that number to come to the park and buy their tickets. Cardinals, White Sox and Interleague games are usually completly gone within the first couple hours, but I have gone on the second day and still got some tickets.

[The R-Train]

Anyone heard if they're gonna offer the secret nine-game plans again?

[cubbinalltheway]

they sold 13 game plans last week

[weatherdood]

On the morning tickets go on sale... I believe The Score announces the starting number and then they take that number + the next 1000 numbers I believe to go first.

 

I'm willing to bet a few bucks that it would be WGN-720 that announces the starting number.

[The R-Train]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

[Jon]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

You'd be better off buying tickets on the secondary market then getting that plan.

[The R-Train]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

You'd be better off buying tickets on the secondary market then getting that plan.

 

Is it extremely front-loaded like last year? I remember a lot of April and May games against the Reds and Padres.

[Jon]

Is it extremely front-loaded like last year? I remember a lot of April and May games against the Reds and Padres.

Yeah, you would have had to buy your share of april and may day games. I believe September, too, though I deleted the email. You'd probably end up paying twice as much for those tickets than what you could sell them for.

[The R-Train]

Just got this forwarded to me from one of my friends. The games are more spread out than last year, but it seems like there are even less against quality opponents. Only one White Sox game, one Cardinal game, and no Opening Day, so I think I'll pass.

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/ticketing/leadoff_plan.jsp?partnerId=ed-2178273-68765256&source=ed-2178273-68765256

[cubbinalltheway]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

You'd be better off buying tickets on the secondary market then getting that plan.

it's not THAT bad of a plan. i was actually pretty pleasantly surprised with the choices. a sox game, brewers game, cards game, dodgers game, a few friday games... i think i only had to buy one or two non-friday games/non-rival or good game (pirates or astros game or something, i think it was)

[hawkcub]

Wow that's not that bad. I'd probably be all over that if I lived in Chicago.

[FearTheBako]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

You'd be better off buying tickets on the secondary market then getting that plan.

 

I have 2 tickets to 13 games for an average of $20 a ticket. I'll take that any day.

[pitchcs]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

You'd be better off buying tickets on the secondary market then getting that plan.

 

I have 2 tickets to 13 games for an average of $20 a ticket. I'll take that any day.

 

In what section, 500's?

[FearTheBako]

they sold 13 game plans last week

 

Seriously? I didn't get an e-mail... :(

You'd be better off buying tickets on the secondary market then getting that plan.

 

I have 2 tickets to 13 games for an average of $20 a ticket. I'll take that any day.

 

In what section, 500's?

 

Yep. 500's infield, which I would really rather sit than the 200's.

[Irrelevant Dude]

So how did the Cubs determine who to include in the 13 game offer? I bought the 9 game plan last year, but didn't get any emails this year.

[cubbinalltheway]

true fans only

[jyoung55]

So how did the Cubs determine who to include in the 13 game offer? I bought the 9 game plan last year, but didn't get any emails this year.

 

Season ticket waitlist. The seats that I would have been able to get (only 1/2 hour after they went on sale) were too bad to purchase. I'd rather go to two games with good seats than 13 with bad ones.

 

But I agree, the package was better this year... hopefully next year it will improve further then I'll buy it.

[cubbinalltheway]

does anyone know when other teams tickets go on sale?

 

i know rockies tickets are already on sale.

[cubbinalltheway]

does anyone know when other teams tickets go on sale?

guess not.

 

no one else travels to other teams parks, and has an interest in when tickets go on sale? odd.

[jersey cubs fan]

does anyone know when other teams tickets go on sale?

guess not.

 

no one else travels to other teams parks, and has an interest in when tickets go on sale? odd.

 

If you want to know, you should check out the other teams' websites and see what information you can get. The times varied last year. I think a couple sold before the Cubs but most were a little later.